GWB's performance was not poor by mere political standards or in terms of this election; it was just poor television. It was painful television, it should have been edited and left to collect dust on the cutting room floor. Instead, it was aired and will now become a defining moment, not only in terms of this election, but how his legacy will be remembered from this point forward- as a bumbling and inarticulate failure, unable to comprehend or transcend his own message. It was that bad.
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